An old friend I never knew
When the office telephone rang one day last week, Paul Edwin Maple’s 1964 book, “A History of the South Central Ohio High School Athletic...
For all the critters in your freezer
I know gun season was last month and the normal week plus those two extra days netted some venison for my fellow Highland Countians,...
Holmes’ consistency is assuring
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories have been among my favorite literary pastimes since I was a child, spurred originally by the old movies...
It was a fall Friday night
It was a fall Friday night like many during my teenage years, with a football game unfolding at Richards Memorial Field in Hillsboro. I...
Can’t we all just say thank you?
Let me start by saying what almost everyone else is saying since we reported online Wednesday the identity of the donor of the $78,000...
It is not too late for holiday fun
I recently found out there was a whole museum and a whole house (THE house, by the way) in Cleveland dedicated to “A Christmas...
The comfort of moral certainty
As I approach the occasion of my 60th birthday in a couple of days, I am mindful that with each passing year I am...
Celebrities lend reporter a hand
A few weeks ago while driving home from work I had my radio tuned to WLW. The host was interviewing former WLW Sports Talk...
Foster care changes in works
In the last few months of 2015 there was much talk about the foster care crisis in Highland County. The number of children in...
Who doesn’t like a fresh start?
We are a few days into a brand new year and while today is just another day in the grand scheme of things, these...
